Finger-guard



(No Model.)

W. BARRETT.

FINGER GUARD.

No. 460,104. Patented Sept. 29, 1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BARRETT, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FINGER-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,104, datedSeptember 29, 1891.

Application filed April 24, 1891.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BARRETT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Finger-Guards,of which the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, the same forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a fingerguard composed of an adhesive fibrousmaterial, a membrane of animal texture, and a fastening device to beused on the forefinger for rapidly counting sheets of paper, bank-bills,checks, &c., without wetting the finger; and it consists in theconstruction of the article for the purpose above stated.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an inside front View of thearticle as composed. Fig. 2 represents an outside front view of thesame. Fig. 3 shows a top view, on an enlarged scale, in section on line0c 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail of a part of the fastening device,and Fig. 5 illustrates the article as used in full view.

The article composed consists of a strip of common rubber cloth A, insize and shape to fit tightly around the forefinger-joint, as shown inFig. 5 of the accompanying drawings, and the taper ends of the strip,mounted with a metallic locking device, are brought close together forfastening. To carry out in this position the effect of its use, therough surface 7' of the rubber cloth has to be on the outside, onaccount of its adhesive qualification when affected from the naturalWarmth of the limb in contact, for readily seizing and turning over thecorners of a series of paper sheets or bills, &c., in the act ofcounting the same, while the smooth inside surface s of the said stripnext to the finger-joint is provided with a fitting-piece of fineleather 0, which is cemented to the middle portion Z of the rubber stripto prevent the same sticking to the Serial No. 390,351. (No model.)

skin of the limb. The locking device for fastening the above said stripsecurely to the finger-joint consists of two separate metal plates f f,the same being bent lengthwise in the middle to be readily attached tothe extreme end on each side of the rubber strip. One of the plates fbears a piece of stiff Wire cl, a portion of which is doubled up atsuitable points and formed into hooks d d, which penetrate the metalplate through corresponding openings 6 e for interlocking with theopenings to a on the other plate f of the locking device, which isprovided only with a straight piece of wire I) for stiffening or bracingthe plate and keeping the said hooks (Z (Z in secured position whenlocked.

To secure a firm connection of the plates of the locking device with theends of the rubber strip, said plates are folded over the wires cl andI), slipped over the ends of the rubber strip, and secured thereto bytightly bending and pinching the same thereon, forming thereby thefurrows h it near the inclosed wires.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a finger-guard forcounting sheets of pa- ,per, the combination, with a strip of adhesivefibrous material and a membrane of animal texture, of perforatedmetallic plates secured to the ends of said strip, wires cl Z), securedin the folds of the plates, the wire d in one plate being provided Withhooks cl 01, adapted to engage the wire I) through the perforation inthe other plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM BARRETT.

Attest:

FEED. AETos, P. THIELE.

